Where does “valokuvamontaasi” come from?

valokuvamontaasi (Finnish) comes from Finnish montaasi, from French montage, from French monter, from French mont, from Old French mont, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti.

valokuvamontaasi (Finnish): photo montage

Definitions

  1. photo montage

Ancestry of “valokuvamontaasi”, step by step

valokuvamontaasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish montaasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmontaasiA montage
2Frenchmontageassembly, set-up; editing
3Frenchmonterto go up, to climb; to ascend, go higher, go...
4Frenchmontmountain, mount, mont; the Alps
5Old Frenchmontmountain; Alternative form of monde
6Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
7Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
9PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
10Old Portuguesemonte—

via Finnish valokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalokuvaphotograph, photo
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Old Portuguese monte →Every word from Latin montem →Every word from Latin mons →